Opinion
No. 76484-COA
03-26-2019
JUAN MORALES, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
Juan Morales appeals from a district court order denying a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on August 25, 2017. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Linda Marie Bell, Chief Judge.
This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument and we. conclude the record is sufficient for our review and briefing is unwarranted. NRAP 34(f)(3), (g).
Morales claimed the Nevada Department of Corrections was not applying the statutory credits he earned to his minimum sentence as required by NRS 209.4465(7)(b). The district court denied Morales' petition after finding he had been convicted of a category B felony, he committed his crime after NRS 209.4465 was amended in 2007, and NRS 209.4465(8)(d) specifically excludes the application of statutory credits to the minimum sentences of category B felons. The district court's findings are supported by the record, and we conclude the district court did not err by determining Morales was not entitled to the application of statutory credits to his minimum sentence. Accordingly, we
Morales was convicted of trafficking in a controlled substance for a crime he committed on April 17, 2015. See NRS 453.3385(1)(b). --------
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Tao
/s/_________, J.
Bulla cc: Hon. Linda Marie Bell, Chief Judge
Juan Morales
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk